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HOW TO HOLD CIRCLES 

FOR DEVELOPING 
MEDIUMSHIP AT HOME 



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HOW TO HOLD CIRCLES 

FOR DEVELOPING 

MEDIUMSHIP 

AT HOME 



HOW TO HOLD CIRCLES 

FOR DEVELOPING 

MEDIUMSHIP 

AT HOME 



BY 



FRANKLIN A. THOMAS 

Author of "Soul Science, the Proof of Life 

After Death", "An Essay on the Laws of 

Psychic Development", etc. 






Copyrighted 1916, 1920 

by 

Franklin A. Thomas, D. S. S. 

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CONTENTS 



Page 
Preface . . . ......... i 

Information 1 

Introduction 4 

Poem, "Not the World, but You" .... 9 
Lesson No. 1 

How to Commence to Concentrate . .11 
Lesson No. 2 

Development of Concentration ... 16 
Lesson No. 3 

Favorable Conditions ...... 20 

Lesson No. 4 

Training the Mind 24 

Lesson No. 5 

Control of Mind and Body 30 

Lesson No. 6 

The Value of Thought 34 

Lesson No. 7 

Know Yourself . ■ 38 

Lesson No. 8 

How to Select Your Controls ... 44 
Lesson No. 9 

How to Develop Physical Phases ... 56 
Lesson No. 10 

How to Exercise Physical Phases ... 65 
Lesson No. 11 

How to Develop Spiritual Healing . .71 
Lesson No. 12 

How to Treat at a Distance with or 
without the Knowledge of the Pa- 
tient 78 

Poem, "Secret Thoughts" 86 



PREFACE 

The author of this book has been a 
staunch Spiritualist, Lecturer, Medi- 
um, Healer, Teacher and writer for 
more than twenty years, has traveled 
extensively, and is still devoting all his 
energies to promote the cause of Truth. 
He knows it is his duty, as well as that 
of everyone else, to help a brother or a 
sister seeking Truth. Therefore, he 
presents to the public this book, worded 
so plainly that any one reading it can 
understand the secrets of life. 

If the readers will follow the instruc- 
tions contained herein, their influence 
will be such as to favorably affect all 
those with whom they come in contact. 
For he that knoweth himself is greater 
than he that conquereth a city. 



INFORMATION 

We want to call your attention to the 
first few lines of Lesson 1, which direct 
you to "sit alone or with your friends." 
Unless you have a congenial circle of 
friends with whom to sit, we should 
advise you to sit alone. Read the first 
lesson several times until you thor- 
oughly understand it, then practise it 
several times before taking up the next 
lesson. Continue to read and practise 
each lesson as you should do, and we 
know you will be more than pleased and 
surprised at the result. Do not expect 
that you will get any results or mani- 
festations of any kind by merely glan- 



2 Development of Mediumship 

cing through the instructions in this 
book and then because you do not see 
the Spirits, throw it down and say, 
"This book is no good." If you do so, 
vou are the one that is at fault, for if 
you desire earnestly to learn, you will 
have to read and practise and follow 
each lesson to the letter. Then you will 
get results. The more you read and 
practise each Lesson, the better you will 
understand and the better results you 
will have. 

If you will follow the lessons in this 
book of Instructions, you will have con- 
trol over yourself, become a power for 
good in your day and generation, make 
your mark in the world and be a credit 
to yourself and to those who love you ; 
while as you are at the present time, 
what good do you accomplish in life? 



Information 3 

Remember, there are many blessings 
in store for you if you will open the door 
of your soul to receive them. If you 
desire those blessings, follow these In- 
structions to the letter. The more diffi- 
cult it is for you to learn, the more 
faithfully must you study and practise 
to attain results. 



INTRODUCTION 

Since early childhood I could see 
spirits and other things around people. 
I supposed that every one could see the 
same as I, and thought nothing of it 
until I became interested in Spiritual- 
ism, i Then I found that I had the 
wrong idea, and that everyone could 
not see what I could; so I began to in- 
vestigate for myself. 

When I commenced to develop, I went 
from Medium to Medium. While in 
the home of the Medium I could see 
spirits, and would feel happy, but when 
I would leave the Medium's home I was 
worse off than when I went in. While 



Introduction 5 

there, I could see and describe spirits 
which were the Medium's guides or con- 
trols, but when I would leave I could not 
take the Medium's spirits or controls 
with me; therefore I was in a worse 
condition than before. 

Around every person are spirits, 
wherever he goes or whatever he does. 
Spirits are always trying to impress 
him to do something. Therefore, in- 
stead of my trying to get acquainted 
with my own spirit guides, I was driv- 
ing them farther and farther from me. 
If you want any friends here on earth, 
you must talk to them, and when they 
visit you, welcome them to your home, 
so they will come again. It is the same 
with spirits. 

Get acquainted with the spirits that 
control you, for you can have your con- 



6 Development of Mediumship 

trol with you all the time and be happy 
all through life. Why, this is a beauti- 
ful world! There is everything in it 
for us. It is for us to choose and by so 
doing, we make this world just what 
we wish it, for as we think so are the 
spirits attracted to us. 

There are all kinds of people living, 
honest, dishonest, treacherous, etc. 
There are just the same in the spirit 
world, and the spirits are right here, 
trying to impress us to do the same as 
they did when they were living in their 
bodies. It behooves every one, there- 
fore, to know himself and, by develop - 
ing, to be able to see what spirits are 
around him and to guard against the 
vampire spirits who are among us. 

After spending so much time and 
money among Mediums, I find there is 



Introduction 7 

a way to develop at one's home or among 
friends, and that is by concentration. 
Dictionaries define concentration as, 
"to bring toward a common center"; 
"to bring into a closer union" ; "to con- 
dense". They give the meaning of con- 
centration, but do not tell how to 
concentrate; nor does any book that I 
have read. Therefore, I will explain it 
so that anyone can read and understand 
these instructions. 

For years steam was talking through 
the tea-kettle in every home, until Mr. 
Watt demonstrated its true value. 
Electricity was running wild until Mr. 
Morse caught and harnessed it. What 
a wonder ! No one knows what he can 
do until he tries. It is only those who 
try, that accomplish anything; and 
those who can concentrate are the only 



8 Development of Mediumship 

ones who enjoy the blessings of this life. 

Anyone can learn to concentrate. 
Clairvoyance, Clairaudience, and Clair- 
sentience, are natural as our other 
senses. All use them but do not know 
it. 

Every person has some phase of 
Mediumship within him if he would 
only develop it, and would thus be able 
to receive spirit communication from 
some dear one. 

Faith has nothing to do with your 
developing. If you will follow these in- 
structions you will be more than sur- 
prised at what you will see through 
concentration. The more you concen- 
trate, the more you will see and in a 
short time you should be able to see 
spirits around any and every one. 



INSPIRATIONAL POEM 

NOT THE WORLD, BUT YOU 

You say that the world misused you, 
That everything goes dead wrong; 
That the right is hot triumphant, 
That the weak bows to the strong, 

Look up, Oh despairing brother, 
Why take such a morbid view? 
Don't blame the world for your troubles, 
It isn't the world ; it's you. 

'Tis the coward who quits to mis- 
fortune, 
'Tis the knave who changes each day; 
'Tis the fool who wins half the battle, 
Then throws all his chances away. 

You say that the world oppresses, 
That it will never treat you square; 
That evil and vice are rampant, 
That misery's everywhere. 



10 Development of Mediumship 

You argue you have no chances 
Of working your passage through; 
Did you ever stop to consider 
It isn't the world; it's you? 

There is little in life but labor, 
And tomorrow may find that a dream ; 
Success is the pride of endeavor, 
And luck's but a meteor's gleam. 

You tell me the world is fickle 
And wicked and harsh and stern ; 
That everything's set against you, 
No matter which way you turn. 

But why be so pessimistic? 

Get wise to my timely cue ; 

Don't growl at the world, my brother ; 

It isn't the world ; it's you. 

The time to succeed is when others 
Discouraged, show traces of tire, 
The battle is fought in the home-stretch, 
And is won twixt the flag and the wire. 

— F. A. T. 



HOW TO HOLD CIRCLES 

FOR DEVELOPING 
MEDIUMSHIP AT HOME 

LESSON NO. 1 

HOW TO COMMENCE TO CONCENTRATE 

Select some hour, day or night, to sit 
alone or with your friends. Unless you 
have a circle of congenial friends with 
whom to sit, we should advise you to 
sit alone, and read, study and practise 
the following instructions to the letter, 
until you understand them thoroughly. 
Then if you can get your friends to- 
gether and they are in harmony, or- 
ganize a class. 

After you have organized your class 



12 Development of Mediumship 

do not take any new members or allow 
any one in the room except the class. 
Have the room quiet. All sit around a 
plain, board table. Place all hands, rest- 
ing easily, on the table. If you are sit- 
ting at home, around a table or stand, 
remove all articles from it. 

If you have neither table nor stand 
to sit at, sit with hands in your lap, 
palms up, feet on floor. Sit up erect in 
your chair. Elevate the head a little. 
Do not have the light shining too 
brightly in your face. Never turn the 
light out. Always sit in the light if 
you want to develop mental phases, and 
you will develop and see in the light. 
Close the eyes and all repeat together 
in a moderate tone, "Good Spirits," and 
keep repeating "Good Spirits," for one 
minute. 



How to Concentrate 13 

Whoever has charge of the class 
should have a watch and keep time each 
sitting, and, at the end of the first sit- 
ting, should finish by saying, "Welcome 
Good Spirits, Welcome Good Spirits, 
Welcome." 

All should follow the leader by saying 
the same thing at the same time. The 
leader should ask everyone in the class 
what was seen, whether any impression 
was received or whether any raps were 
heard. If so they should speak of it. 
One rap means "No;" two raps, "Don't 
know;" three raps, "Yes." After this, 
all should concentrate again for two 
minutes, and the leader should close the 
same as at the first sitting. 

Always give each one a chance to 
give out whatever he sees or the impres- 
sion he gets. The leader should always 



14 Development of Mediumship 

see that everyone it sitting according 
to instructions before commencing to 
concentrate. 

After you have concentrated two 
minutes, three times, then concentrate 
three minutes at a time for the rest of 
the hour. Always start at the same 
hour. If you want to talk or visit, do 
it before or after the class. While in 
the class, pay strict attention to the 
leader or the instructions. Those who 
can not do so had better leave the class, 
as they hinder the other sitters. 

Faith has nothing to do with your 
sitting or development. The object of 
saying and repeating "Good Spirits," 
orally is to assist concentration, when 
you first start. By saying "Good Spir- 
its," you are attracting to you "Good 
Spirits," and they will impress you to 



How to Concentrate IS 

do good, the same as they did while they 
were living. "As a man thinketh in his 
heart, so is he." 

The more you concentrate at your 
home, or when you are at your work, 
the more easily you learn. The class 
should all meet once or twice a week. 



LESSON NO. 2 

DEVELOPMENT OF CONCENTRATION 

After the class is seated at the table, 
the leader should always ask how many- 
times each one has concentrated since 
the class last met, and that everyone 
give his experience. The leader should 
then start the class the same as in the 
preceding lesson, except that instead of 
concentrating one minute, the class 
should concentrate three minutes and 
close by saying the same as in first sit- 
ting. At the end of each sitting, each 
one should be allowed to give out what- 
ever he sees or the impression he gets 
while saying "Good Spirits," etc. 

After sitting three times of three 



Developing Concentration 17 

minutes duration, then sit three times 
of four minutes duration, then five min- 
utes at each sitting for the rest of the 
hour. Always remember to do your 
visiting before or after the class. 

While in the class talk only about 
what you or the others see. If no one 
sees or gets any impression, you should 
start at once to concentrate. Do not 
miss a class; and do not allow any one 
except a member of the class to be in 
the room, and do not allow any one to 
disturb the class in any way while con- 
centrating. 

In the first or second class while you 
are concentrating and saying "Good 
Spirits/' you should see something like 
mists or cobwebs, or it may be a form 
of something that passes in front of 
you. That is always the first and best 



18 Development of Mediumship 

indication that some spirit is trying to 
manifest or show you something. Do 
not be afraid. It is the living that will 
harm you, not the dead. 

Always welcome what you see. It 
may be at the very next class, that what 
you saw may re-appear in a form that 
you can recognize. You will notice 
changed conditions at every class, and 
the more you concentrate, the more and 
more plainly you will see until, in time, 
instead of seeing mists and the like, you 
will see spirits around every person and 
around yourself. Remember, you will 
never see a spirit with material eyes, 
you will see spirits only with the spirit 
eyes. 

All persons have spirits with them, 
and can see them if they have their 
spiritual eyes open; but they can see 



Developing Concentration 19 

materialized spirits with the natural 
eye. Then you do not see the spirit, 
only the material form it assumes. 

The moment a person passes out of 
this life, his spirit enters into the spirit 
world and takes on spiritual clothing. 
People here do not appear in the nude, 
neither do they in the spirit world. 
When we see a spirit, we see it clothed 
with spiritual clothing, with the same 
color or shade of clothing it used to 
wear while living. 



LESSON NO. 3 

FAVORABLE CONDITIONS 

Always follow the instructions given 
in the first lesson, except as to length 
of sitting. Concentrate five minutes 
at a sitting for three times, then seven 
minutes at each sitting for the rest of 
the hour. 

At this lesson everyone in the class 
should have seen some spirits or it may 
be a hand, arm or head, or some scen- 
ery ; it may be your old home or a place 
you have never seen, some city, river, 
lake or mountain, tall or odd buildings, 
steamboats or animals. 

Again the leader should always ask 
everyone in tlie class, calling them by 



Favorable Conditions 21 

name, to give out whatever he or she 
saw or the impression received or the 
sensations felt in the body and arms. 

Everyone in the class sees, hears, 
feels or gets some impression and must 
speak of it. The only way you will ever 
see or develop, is by giving out what you 
receive. It may seem foolish to you to 
give out such things as you see; or it 
may be of no direct value to you or any- 
one else in the class, but it may open 
the way so that you can see greater 
things that will be useful to you or the 
class. 

If you are not willing to give out 
what you see, hear and feel, or the im- 
pression you get while you are sitting 
in the class, you had better leave it. 

When you concentrate at home sit in 
a quiet room. Do not speak too loudly 



22 Development of Mediumship 

while sitting. If you have neither table 
nor stand to sit at, sit straight in your 
chair with the palms of your hands 
turned up. Concentrate the same as 
though you were sitting at the table. 
You will notice a cool sensation at the 
ends of your fingers and in the palms of 
your hands that you would not feel if 
you had your hands clasped on your 
knees. 

Always remember while sitting at the 
table, or with your hands turned over 
on your lap, never to force your fingers 
out straight; as by so doing you cannot 
relax or become as passive as you would 
if you were sitting with your hands re- 
laxed. If you sit with just the fingers 
on the edge of the table, the weight of 
the arms will pull the fingers off the ta- 
ble when you relax. Sit with your arms 



Favorable Conditions 23 

far enough on the table, so that when 
they relax they will be resting easily. 

If your clothing is too tight or you 
are not sitting as comfortably as you 
might, you cannot easily relax. When 
you are sitting for concentration, do not 
think about your work or business or 
what you are going to eat tomorrow for 
breakfast; but give up every other 
thought except "Good Spirit." You will 
then relax, become passive, receive im- 
pressions, and see things you could not 
see otherwise. 



LESSON NO. 4 

TRAINING THE MIND 

Commence to concentrate seven min- 
utes at a sitting, for three sittings; 
then concentrate ten minutes at each 
sitting for the rest of the hour. Always 
follow the instructions given in the first 
lesson. 

If you have been sitting at home as 
you should do, you will begin to see a 
great many things at each sitting, see 
them plainly and feel different influ- 
ences all around your head, face, arms 
and body. Those are spirit forces work- 
ing over your body. They are prepar- 
ing it so they can use it. For instance, 
if you have always lived in a nice, clears 



Training the Mind 25 

house, when you wish to move, you will 
look for another just as clean, or will 
insist upon having it cleaned and re- 
paired, and all odors, such as that of 
liquor and tobacco, removed. Would 
you invite a relative or dear friend you 
have not seen for some time, to come 
and see you in a dirty house? That is 
what you are doing when you are call- 
ing on the "Good Spirits/' if you are 
not prepared to receive them properly. 

Every time you say "Good Spirits," 
you are drawing them nearer to you 
and welcoming them also. Now open 
the door of your soul and let them in. 
The spirits use your body as a means 
of manifestation. 

If you want the "Good Spirits" to use 
your body, you must think the very best 
thoughts and lead good lives. Stand 



26 Development of Mediumship 

up and look the world in the face. Be 
a man among men and a woman among 
women. 

Just the kind of life you are living 
here, you will live in the spirit world. 
When you are angry you have the an- 
gry spirit within you and when you are 
kindly disposed, you have that kindly 
spirit within you. 

Our lives are as we think. When we 
are crying, we are thinking of some- 
thing sad and that something has con- 
trol of us. Just as when we are laugh- 
ing, we are thinking or hearing some- 
thing that pleases us, which something 
has control of us at that moment. That 
is what we are. 

This is a beautiful world ! There is 
everything in it for us, and we can 
choose either good or evil. Remember 



Training the Mind 27 

all evil is undeveloped good. What is 
your choice? You can either laugh or 
cry. You want to feel happy and you 
want to do right. Then why will you 
allow yourself to be led astray and do 
things contrary to your will, when there 
are so many good spirits in the spirit 
world that will help you, if you are will- 
ing to open the door of your soul? If 
you desire these blessings, follow these 
instructions to the letter. Start at the 
first lesson and you will never regret it. 
The harder it is for you to learn to 
concentrate, the more and longer you 
should study. 

Some will learn, and get impressions, 
see and describe spirits, sooner than 
others, as some are more sensitive or 
mediumistic than others, and thus learn 
more quickly. There are some children 



28 Development of Mediumship 

who could play any kind of musical in- 
strument from the time they were big 
enough to handle it, yet they had to 
learn the notes before they could play 
well. Other children who could not play 
at first, after sufficient study, will be- 
come good musicians. It may be that 
way with you. 

You can learn to concentrate if you 
will get down to business and get con- 
trol over your mind. The mind is like 
a spoiled child who has always had its 
own way. When the mother tries to 
control it, she finds she has something 
to do. Just so when we concentrate, 
we find we have a task before us. It is 
hard to do at first, but after taking a 
few lessons it will become easier. 

Parents, take your little ones some- 
time during the day, into a room, sit 



Training the Mind 29 

down with them and have them all re- 
peat with you, "I want to be good," "I 
want to be good," and repeat the same 
about five minutes each day and in a 
short time you will notice a change com- 
ing over the children. They will do bet- 
ter and learn more at school. 



LESSON NO. 5 

CONTROL OF MIND AND BODY 

Commence to concentrate by first sit- 
ting ten minutes; and for the rest of 
the hour, fifteen minutes at each sitting. 
Each one should tell what he has seen 
while sitting, either at home or in the 
class. 

After you have learned to concen- 
trate fif ten minutes at a sitting without 
yawning or coughing, you are getting 
control over your mind and body, and 
will soon be able to see your own spirit 
leave your body. While yawning and 
coughing in the midst of a circle you 
let in other spirits. If you have control 



Control of Mind and Body 31 

over your mind, you can keep them 
out. 

At night, while you sleep, your mind 
and body are so thoroughly relaxed that 
your spirit sometimes leaves the body, 
and in the morning you can remember 
the vision, popularly known as dreams. 
Everyone must relax before he can go 
to sleep. That is why so many persons 
who cannot relax, cannot sleep. If 
they could do so they would go to sleep 
at once and would wake up in the morn- 
ing feeling refreshed. If people would 
relax they would not suffer so much 
pain and sickness. 

When you concentrate you become 
relaxed in both body and mind, your 
spirit is getting control of your body 
and you will see things that you 
could not see otherwise. If at 



32 Development of Mediumship 

first we had told you that you 
would see the things you are now 
beginning to see, you would not 
have believed us. You do not have the 
slightest idea what you will see, if you 
will continue to concentrate. 

Remember there is no one perfect. 
No one knows it all in this or the other 
life. The more you concentrate, the 
more you will see. The importance of 
concentration cannot be too strongly 
emphasized, nor its effect upon us both 
in the present and future life. 

No one can make a success of any 
business, unless he keeps his mind on 
it. When you write a letter, you must 
center your mind on what you are writ- 
ing, or what kind of a letter will it be? 
You will go to some quiet room where 
there is no noise or other distraction, so 



Control of Mind and Body 33 

that you can think what you are doing 
without interruption. 

When you have gained perfect con- 
trol over your mind and body, you can 
go into a room where there is ever so 
much noise, and write a letter without 
being disturbed by it. Before you 
learned concentration, you could not 
have written where there was noise. 



LESSON NO. 6 

THE VALUE OF THOUGHT 

Commence now to concentrate fifteen 
minutes at a sitting, and continue to 
concentrate fifteen minutes at each sit- 
ting for the rest of the hour. 

The leader should be sure to ask all 
the members to give out in the class 
what they see there, and at home, while 
sitting. Always remember, it is not so 
much what you see that develops you, 
as that which you give out. You may 
only see or get one impression. Just 
as soon as you speak of that, you will 
see or get other impressions. 

Remember, any one can develop by 
sitting at home, if he will follow these 



The Vai.uk of Thought 35 

instructions, but if you can get a con- 
genial class of people to sit with you 
they will help you, and you will help 
them. If you cannot have those that 
are congenial, sit alone. By sitting in 
a class with several people there is more 
power. The greater power, the strong- 
er are the manifestations, and the 
easier to concentrate. 

By sitting and putting your hands 
on the table, you draw something from 
wood, that you could not get if you had 
your hands on your lap. 

The more you concentrate, the far- 
ther your mind is getting away from 
your body. By closing the eyes you are 
shutting out the material things. It 
also helps you to relax, and you become 
more passive. 

Concentration becomes easier than 



36 Development of Mediumship 

when you commenced sitting in the 
class. By all speaking out loudly, so 
that you can hear one another say 
"Good Spirits/' you are getting control 
over your mind and you are welcoming 
the spirits to you. Your mind is now 
getting in condition so that they can use 
it. They will impress you and you will 
see things that you would never have 
seen if you had not learned to concen- 
trate. 

The best musician in the world can- 
not play on your piano if it is all out of 
tune. The keys of the piano are what the 
musician plays on. Just so, our mind 
is the key-board on which all spirits 
must play. If that is out of tune, the 
body is out of tune also. You must have 
a healthy mind or you will never have 
a healthy body. 



The Value of Thought 37 

The only way to have a healthy body 
is to think healthy thoughts; and the 
only way to think healthy thoughts is to 
keep those thoughts in your mind, by 
means of concentration. 

If you will allow the thought it will 
lead to an act. Repeat the act and you 
form a habit. Continue the habit and 
it will shape your character. Develop 
the character and it will fix your 
destiny. 

Our destiny is just what we make it. 
We can make our mind and body weak 
or strong, according to the nature of 
our thoughts. As thoughts are things, 
each thought has its color, and each col- 
or has its vibration. The walls of our 
home are pictured with our thoughts. 
A thought will make you laugh or cry. 
A thought may cause you to pass out, 



LESSON NO. 7 

KNOW YOURSELF 

Concentrate fifteen minutes at each 
sitting throughout the hour. If every- 
one in the class has followed to the let- 
ter, all the instructions in the class, and 
while sitting at home, and has given out 
whatever he received while in the class 
or at home, he should be able by now, 
to see spirits or something around each 
one in the circle. 

The leader should ask all, one at a 
time, to stand up, close their eyes, and 
give out what comes to them. As soon 
as they stand up, they will see or get 
some impression about some one in the 
class and should speak about it. If it 



Know Yourself 39 

is not recognized, do not get discour- 
aged; but get up again whenever you 
have a chance and give out whatever 
comes to you. If any one while sitting 
in the class or at home, goes to sleep or 
is not concentrating, do not disturb him. 
If he is talking aloud he will soon stop 
and may say, "why, I was asleep." It 
was not a sleep but a trance. Ask him 
to tell all he saw while in that sleep. 

There may be some in the class who 
want to speak while entranced. Do not 
bother or touch them while they are un- 
der such conditions, although you may 
have to hold the class over the hour. 
You will see by this time that you will 
not have to concentrate so long in the 
class. You will all see more and it will 
take longer to talk about it. It is not 
so much what you see, as what you give 



40 Development of Mediumship 

out that develops you. By repeating 
'Good Spirits," at all the classes as well 
as while sitting at home, and by speak- 
ing out loudly, you are getting control 
over your mind so that you can keep it 
on one thing for fifteen minutes. That 
means that you have learned to control 
your mind. 

Mind either controls your body, 
which is matter, or matter controls 
mind. If mind controls matter, you 
are a man, but if matter controls mind, 
you are a slave. In the latter case your 
habits have got beyond your control. 
If you can concentrate your mind on 
"Good Spirits," for fifteen minutes, you 
can concentrate your mind on your 
business. Wherever you look you will 
see life, and things that you never 



Know Yourself 41 

would have seen if you had not learned 
to concentrate. 

Before you commenced to concentrate 
you would only take a glimpse at things 
and pay no further attention to them; 
but now you have control over your 
mind. Your mind is not rambling. 
You can use it for your own good. If 
you have not control over your mind 
you should take more time, and concen- 
trate longer. The more you can con- 
centrate, the stronger your will power, 
the more you will attract to you. You 
will also have more power over your 
mind and body. You will have better 
control over yourself and others. 

We must have control over ourselves 
or how can we expect others to have 
respect for us? We must love ourselves 
or how can we expect others to love us? 



42 Development of Mediumship 

We must understand ourselves or how 
can we expect others to understand us. 
We have no right to judge others when 
we do not know ourselves. We judge 
others according to our own mind and 
our way of thinking. 

When you are crying, you have wrin- 
kles in your face. The more you cry, 
the deeper become those wrinkles, until 
after a while you look as if you were al- 
ways crying. Just so when you are 
laughing, or when you think deeply, 
your thoughts are reflected in your face. 
Our body, mind and spirit are a reflec- 
tion of our past thoughts. 

We can, and have a right to, change 
our entire being by changing our 
thoughts right now, and thus become 
better men and women. The better you 
are, the more you will love and be lpved. 



Know Yourself 43 

For "God is love and he that loveth not, 
knoweth not God." 



LESSON NO. 8 

HOW TO SELECT YOUR CONTROLS 

Commence to concentrate fifteen 
minutes at each sitting throughout the 
hour. Follow all the instructions when 
you are in the class, and when you are 
sitting alone. Then call on the spirit 
guide which you have selected. You have 
a right to, and do, select your company 
here on earth. You have the same 
right to select what spirit you want for 
a guide. 

The kind of life you live here on earth 
you will live in the spirit world. When 
the spirit leaves the body it will try to 
find some one, still living in the body, 
that it can impress to do the same as 



How to Select Your Controls 45 

it did. In other words, as you live here 
on earth you will live in the spirit 
world. 

Where do all these millions and mil- 
lions of spirits go to when they leave 
their bodies? They remain here to 
progress and help others. Why? Be- 
cause there is no place for them to go 
but right here which is both Earth and 
Heaven. You and I are as much in 
Heaven (the Spirit World) as we shall 
ever be, but we are living in a material 
body, and can see only material things 
with our material eyes. 

You look through a green glass and 
everything you see is green. Just so 
with the material eyes. Everything 
you see with these eyes is material. You 
can only see spirits with your spiritual 
eyes. 



46 Development of Mediumship 

If you have not made up your mind 
as to the kind of life you want to live, 
you should do so at once and select some 
one who lived that kind of life while in 
the body. That spirit may be trying to 
find someone that it can impress to live 
the same kind of a life as it lived while 
in the body. If you call on it, it will 
come to you. 

Now you have selected some spirit 
you want for a guide. Call on it like 
this, when you are sitting alone : "Mrs. 
May M. Jones, Mrs. May M. Jones, Mrs. 
May M. Jones, Mrs. May M. Jones, my 
Spirit Guide, come and manifest thy- 
self to me, I pray thee. Mrs. May M. 
Jones, Mrs. May M. Jones, Mrs. May 
M. Jones, Mrs. May M. Jones, my Spirit 
Guide, come and manifest thyself to 
me, I pray thee !" 



How to Select Your Controls 47 

Always call your guide by the first 
name, middle letter and surname. Re- 
member, there are more than one Mrs. 
Jones in the Spirit World, and we know 
you do not want all of the Mrs. Jones' 
who are there, as your guides. There- 
fore, call on the one you want by the 
full name, and continue this for fifteen 
minutes at each sitting. 

When you are in the class say "Good 
Spirits, ,, as usual. Now, that you have 
chosen a guide, you will soon see the 
Spirit when you call on it to come and 
manifest to you. 

It will not manifest in the material 
form, only in spirit, if you have never 
seen your guide in the flesh. When you 
have seen your spirit guide try to get a 
photograph and compare it with the 
spirit as you see it. From time to time 



48 Development of Mediumship 

you will be impressed with the condi- 
tion under which your spirit guide for- 
merly lived. This condition may be 
sometimes sad, sometimes happy. 

The first time you take on the con- 
dition, it will be the strongest. You 
may only take on this condition two or 
three times and then it will leave you. 
Talk to your spirit guides the same as 
you would to a person. Tell them not 
to throw that or any other condition 
over you that you do not like. 

It may be that the spirit while in the 
body never knew you, does not know the 
kind of life you have lived, or want to 
live. Talk to your spirit guides. Tell 
them the kind of life you want to live, 
and that you are willing that they 
should lead you as long as they will lead 
or impress you aright. 



How to Select Your Controls 49 

Remember there is no one on earth 
with perfect knowledge, neither is there 
in the spirit world. Never ask the spir- 
its to help you do anything wrong, and 
never lose your own individuality if you 
can help it. 

It may be the spirit will have to en- 
trance you for a while before it can use 
you. If you are not entranced, it can- 
not use you. Just as soon as you go in- 
to a trance the controlling spirit can use 
you. Therefore you should know who 
the spirit is, before you allow it to throw 
this condition over you. That is what 
we mean by losing your own individ- 
uality. 

Do not allow every spirit that comes 
along to entrance you because it may 
want to. You should have become suffi- 
ciently developed by this time to know 



50 Development of Mediumship 

what phase or phases of mediumship 
you would like to follow. You may have 
one or more phases of mediumship with- 
in you. Whatever phase or phases you 
have, if you could select some one who 
had followed that phase of mediumship 
while living, his spirit would impress 
you more strongly than any other 
spirits. 

If you do not know any one who had 
followed that phase read the history of 
some one who practised it. It is advis- 
able to follow whatever phase your spir- 
its suggest. If it is writing, get paper 
and pencil, place them on the table or 
stand, while you are sitting. 

The spirits may impress you to write 
or may take control of your hand and 
write, or they may want you to get a 
slate and pencil. If they don't want to 



How to Select Your Controls 5 1 

use the pencil, they will materialize one 
and write with it. If you feel like us- 
ing a trumpet, get one and set it on the 
table. If it is a spirit that followed that 
phase of work while living it will im- 
press you just how to sit. 

Always remember this, that there is 
progression in the spirit life as there 
is in earth life. You can teach people 
here in body, so you can teach 
spirits in the spirit world what you 
want them to do. You may have sever- 
al spirit controls. One may control 
you while you are speaking, another 
while you are giving messages or writ- 
ing, another speaking through the 
trumpet or materializing. You should 
have one leading control, that is, one 
that has control over all your guides. 

There are selfish spirits, the same as 



52 Development of Mediumship 

selfish mortals. One spirit may want 
to use you all the time and not give any 
other spirit a chance. Speak to your 
leading guide, the same as you would to 
your foreman if you had several men 
working for you. Just so, give your 
leading control orders as to what you 
want done, and he or she will tell the 
other guides what to do. 

Remember you do not have to do 
everything your guides wish. You may 
have selected a father or brother who 
may be very dear to you and may be 
good in every way with the exception 
of some bad habit formed while in the 
flesh, and he may try to get you to fol- 
low his bad habits. 

Every time the spirit wants you to 
do something wrong, and you refuse, 
you are reforming that spirit. There 



How to Select Your Controls 53 

are all classes of mortals on earth, and 
it is just so in the spirit world. You 
will see them more and more as you 
develop, wherever you go. 

When you are sitting at home or in 
the class, about the first impression or 
spirit you will see will be an Indian. 
Why? Because Indians live nearer to 
Nature's laws than the white men. 
They are taught to believe that when 
they die they go to a happy hunting 
ground, not a way above the clouds, or 
in the bowels of the earth, but right 
here on this earth ; therefore it is easier 
for their spirits to show themselves or 
impress you first. Their spirits always 
give us great strength. They make good 
guides, especially for those who follow 
Spiritual Healing. 

Again we want you to be careful 



54 Development of Mediumship 

whom you select as guides. Do not 
select George Washington, Lincoln, Mc- 
Kinley,or any great man or woman. Re- 
member, the same spirit cannot be in 
New York and California at the same 
moment, but the spirit can be here one 
minute and there the next, therefore, 
suppose there were several Mediums 
who had the same spirits as guides and 
all were speaking at the same hour in 
different parts of the country. 

The same spirit could not impress all 
at the same minute on different sub- 
jects. Think well before you choose, 
and do not change guides every day, for 
when you once have selected a guide 
he is building up a strong force around 
you. When he cannot impress you any 
more, he will leave you ! When he does 



How to Select Your Controls 55 

he will take away with him everything 
he gave you. 

Your entire future life depends upon 
whom you choose for your guides. If 
you will follow out and live according 
to these instructions the best spirits are 
none too good to be your controls. 



LESSON NO. 9 

HOW TO DEVELOP PHYSICAL PHASES 

In previous lessons we have been de- 
veloping the Mental phases. Let us now 
consider the developing of the physi- 
cal phases. Concentrate fifteen min- 
utes, then turn out all the lights, make 
the room as dark as you can. All sit 
around the table with hands placed as 
usual. Keep your eyes open, all concen- 
trate. Look around each other, and 
around the room. 

After concentrating awhile, all join 
in singing. Concentrate the same as 
before, with eyes open, and look around. 
Sit the way you get the best manifesta- 
tion, for the rest of the hour. The lead- 



Developing Physical Phases 57 

er should always ask all what they get 
and under what conditions they get the 
best results, singing or concentrating. 

In the last lesson we asked you to 
select a Guide. You have all been sit- 
ting in the class, concentrating, and 
have control over your minds and bod- 
ies. By all sitting in the dark, it is 
easier for the spirits to give physical 
manifestation. You will then know 
what phase of mediumship you possess 
and can choose such a spirit for your 
guide as is manifested to you. 

When sitting at home, in your room, 
in the dark, always keep your eyes 
open. Do not ask any one in to sit with 
you but members of the class, until you 
have strongly developed, or until the 
spirit has become strong. Keep the room 
dark, and do not allow any one to make 



58 Development of Mediumship 

the room suddenly light, as by so doing 
they may injure the medium, so that 
he or she may not be able to get any 
manifestations for perhaps months. 

We have heard of cases where some 
one would throw a flash light on the 
medium when there would be a spirit 
trying to materialize. The sudden flash 
of light almost caused the medium to 
pass out. 

When using a cabinet, if you invite 
your friends in, always be sure to let 
every one who wants to, examine the 
cabinet. Do so before you turn out the 
light. The spirit may be able to show 
itself in a room dimly lighted. The 
medium should fix a cabinet in the cor- 
ner of the room by using black cloth, 
and making the corner as dark as pos- 
sible. 



Developing Physical Phases 59 

The medium should go inside the cab- 
inet and sit down on a chair. Have the 
room very dimly lighted. Have your 
friends come into the room and all join 
in singing a song, or several songs. 
You do not have to concentrate aloud. 

When the medium has sat inside the 
cabinet half an hour, if the conditions 
are right in the room, he should get 
some results. If the conditions are not 
right he will not get anything. If you 
do not get results the next night you sit 
in the cabinet, get different people to sit 
in the room with you. 

Do not become discouraged if you do 
not get anything for several sittings, 
The best mediums will fail sometimes 
if the conditions are not right. Any one 
can give you the best flower that ever 
bloomed, and if the room is too hot it 



60 Development of Mediumship 

will wilt, if too cold it will freeze. You 
must have the room at just the right 
temperature or the flower will die. 
Just so with spiritual manifestations. 
That is why we have been teaching you 
how to concentrate; so that you can 
make the conditions right with yourself. 
Before you commenced to concen- 
trate, certain spirits could not or would 
not come to you, because there were not 
right conditions around you. You may 
even have the right condition with your- 
self, but when others come in, or you 
go out to one's home, the conditions may 
Le so strong that they overpower your 
own condition. Your spirit guide will 
not, or can not work where there are 
such conditions. It is not your fault, 
nor the fault of your guides, for they 



Developing Physical Phases 61 

cannot manifest unless the conditions 
are right. 

Your guides should tell you, after all 
people have come in and before you go 
into the cabinet, if the conditions are 
good. You should have some one out- 
side the cabinet to explain to the people 
what to say, or do when a spirit mate- 
rializes in any way, and about the re- 
quired conditions. If a spirit shows it- 
self, and asks if there is any one that 
recognizes it, do not allow anyone to 
touch or try to catch the spirit. If the 
spirit is strong enough it will come out 
and talk and tell who it is. 

Remember, every one in the class 
may not have that materializing phase 
of mediumship. Some may have men- 
tal phases such as Clairvoyance, Clair- 
audience, Clairsentience or Inspira- 



62 Development of Mediumship 

tion. Sitting in a dark room will not 
develop any of those Mental phases. 
Sitting in the dark will help to develop 
only physical phases, such as spirits 
speaking through the trumpet, mate- 
rialization, and writing on slate, etc. 

Spirits can rap in the daylight but 
can rap stronger in the dark. You 
should all hear raps while sitting in the 
class. One rap means, "No;" two raps, 
"Don't know;" three raps, "Yes." 

If you want to know who the spirit 
speaking to you is, and do not see it, call 
out the letters of the alphabet and when 
you get to the right letter it will rap. 
That will be the first letter of the name. 
Then start at the first letter again and 
continue the same each time until it 
raps. The letter indicated will spell the 
name. 



Developing Physical Phases 63 

Clairvoyance, Clairaudience, Clair- 
sentience, and Inspiration, are the most 
natural gifts and are most easily de- 
veloped. They are used more than any 
other. In fact all use those gifts but do 
not know it. 

When you speak, what is it that 
speaks through you but spirit? Your 
flesh can not speak a word; if it is the 
flesh that speaks, why does not the body 
stand up and speak after the spirit 
leaves it? Because it cannot. There- 
fore it is the spirit that speaks. It uses 
the body and physical organs, and 
works through our body, which is like 
the house in which we live. 

We can open the doors of our house 
and invite any one in that we please. 
Just so with our spirits. We can let 
any spirit come in that we want, and 



64 Development of Mediumship 

take charge of our body. Spirit is life 
and cannot die. God is life and God is 
love and when you love yourself, you 
will love God. 



LESSON NO. 10 

HOW TO EXERCISE PHYSICAL PHASES 

At this sitting, each member may 
exercise any phase desired, whether use 
of trumpet, tambourine, banjo, guitar, 
or slate. Sit around the table for fif- 
teen minutes with light burning, eyes 
open. Concentrate mentally, that is, 
keep the one thought in your mind. The 
leader will tell you when the fifteen 
minutes are up. 

Place the instrument on the table, 
move back from the table far enough 
to form a circle, and all take hold of 
hands. If you wish, you may rest your 
pencil and slate or paper in your lap. 
When all are ready, turn out the light 



66 Development of Mediumship 

and commence to sing some song you 
all know. Keep your eyes open and 
watchful. Whatever you see, speak of 
it, and keep on singing while others are 
talking. Sing and speak in a mild tone 
of voice. 

By this time you will be impressed 
as to what to do. If the spirits want 
you to stop singing and commence to 
concentrate, do so. Hereafter, when- 
ever you sit in the class, concentrate in 
the way you get the best results. 

By sitting in the light around the 
table you are helping those to develop 
who have the mental phases ; by sitting 
half of the time in the dark you are 
helping those to develop who have the 
physical phase of mediumship. 

No one can live to himself alone. We 
are setting an example every day of our 



Exercising Physical Phases 67 

lives. We do not know a new letter or 
a new word. In fact there is nothing 
new. Every word we speak and every 
word we utter or thought we think has 
been spoken or thought by some one 
else. 

When any one thinks he is made of 
a little better piece of clay than any one 
else, you can set him down as a piece of 
earthen ware half baked. 

There are only two things in this 
world, that is, spirit and matter. Even 
though you destroy matter spirit will 
remain. If you have been paying strict 
attention to these instructions in the 
class, and sitting at home, and study- 
ing, and practising each lesson, you 
should be able to notice a great change 
in your life. If you have not noticed a 
change do not despair and give up, but 



68 Development of Mediumship 

go right home and commence at the 
very first lesson and go over all the 
lessons again. 

The great Power that created us, 
created us all equal. Therefore we can 
all do the same if we will practise. 

There are three classes of people in 
this world, the wills, the can'ts, and the 
won'ts. The first accomplish every- 
thing, are prosperous and happy; the 
second always fail, through want of 
confidence ; the third don't want to ac- 
complish anything. 

All who will follow these instructions 
will make a Heaven right here, and be 
happy for all time to come. They will 
not try to find fault or try to pick out 
the faults of their neighbors. Even if 
they do see their neighbors' faults, they 
will not talk about them, but will see 



Exercising Physical Phases 69 

only the good, and will try to magnify 
it; for the more good you see in your 
neighbor, the more good you attract to 
yourself. 

You should not dare judge a brother, 
because as we judge a brother we only 
judge ourselves; neither should you 
curse a brother, because by so doing, 
you would only curse yourself. 

We know that as we do unto a broth- 
er we do unto ourselves ; for we are all 
part of the Great Spirit. We will know 
who and where God is, that Heaven and 
Hell are only conditions of the mind, 
and that we make our own Heaven or 
Hell, every moment of our lives, by al- 
lowing good or evil spirits to come in 
and impress us. 

You never see anything growing that 
is decayed. Everything that grows is 



70 DevelopxMent of Mediumship 

good. If you do not take care of it, 
when it is ripe, it will decay. It is not 
the fault of the fruit that it decays. 
Remember all evil is undeveloped good. 
We can all be good if we want to, by 
cultivating the good, and it will grow. 

It is easier to tell the truth than to 
make up a lie. 

The truth is natural to all, while you 
have to study to make up a lie. We are 
placed in this world as free moral 
agents. It is for us to choose just the 
kind of life we will live. 

We are held strictly responsible for 
all our wrong doing in this life. If we 
will allow everyone to influence us, it is 
our own fault, and we will suffer when 
we do wrong. When we do right we feel 
happy, when we do wrong we feel sorry, 
$nd it causes us to suffer at onge* 



LESSON NO. 11 

HOW TO DEVELOP SPIRITUAL HEALING 

Sit the same as for the development 
of Mediumship. Instead of saying, 
"Good Spirits/' when you concentrate, 
say "Perfect Health," and keep repeat- 
ing it at each sitting. Sit fifteen min- 
utes at each sitting, for an hour; but 
at the close of each fifteen minutes all 
should join with the leader in saying, 
"Welcome, Perfect Health." Repeat 
three times at close of each sitting. 

When you are angry, that feeling 
has possession of you. Just so when you 
have perfect health in you, this condi- 
tion has possession of you, and leaves 



72 Development of Mediumship 

no place for sickness. Remember there 
is a limit to all things. 

If a person is suffering from an oper- 
ation or a broken bone, Spiritual treat- 
ment or perfect health will not heal 
the wound or the broken bone. If there 
is any one in the class who is not feel- 
ing very well he should commence to 
feel better just as soon as he says, "Per- 
fect Health ;" for perfect health has 
control of the entire body from the 
crown of the head to the sole of the 
feet. 

What you have in your mind, is in 
your entire body, even in the ends of 
your fingers. Just as soon as you touch 
any one with your fingers it passes from 
your hands into his. Before you treat 
others get perfect health within your- 
self. If you are sick you are in no con- 



Spiritual Healing 73 

dition to treat any one. Practise what 
you preach. Treat and cure yourself 
before you try to cure others. 

Make up your mind that you are go- 
ing to cure your patient and you are 
bound to get results. Never treat any- 
one with your working clothes on, for 
there may be an odor about them that 
may be very offensive to a sick person. 
Always have your breath pure and your 
body clean. You must have a clean 
body as well as a clean mind for the 
"Good Spirits" to work through. 

Do not go into the sick room and say, 
"You must be sick, you look so bad." 
Don't they know they are sick without 
your telling them so? If they do not, 
they will find it out soon enough with- 
out your telling them. 

If a person is sick and you tell him he 



74 Development of Mediumship 

is sick, you are only making him feel 
that much worse. If you can't help him 
by giving a cheering word do not say 
anything. Whatever you say will have 
an effect upon his condition. This effect 
can often be noticed at once. When 
you give him a cheering word you are 
bringing a good spirit to him. It may 
be that he was discouraged and had 
given up all hopes of ever getting well. 
Your being cheerful with him, causes 
him to feel cheerful and hopeful and so 
helps him to get well. 

Almost all cases that have come un- 
der my care have required treatment of 
the mind as well as of the body. You 
must have a healthy mind before you 
can have a healthy body; and the only 
way to get a healthy body is to think 
healthy thoughts. Get "Perfect Health" 



Spiritual Healing 75 

in you and you will have a perfect body. 
When you have any pain you are 
thinking about the pain. Remove the 
thought, by thinking "Perfect Health," 
and you remove the pain. You should 
be able to see the cause of that pain, 
and just where it is. 

You should be able with your Spir- 
itual Eye to see your heart beat, and 
all the organs of the body function, by 
concentrating your mind upon them. 
Your spirit guides should tell you just 
what to do. 

Nearly all pain is caused by the mus- 
cles contracting. The blood cannot cir- 
culate. When the sufferer moves, it is 
like tearing the flesh off the bones. The 
affected parts should be massaged and 
moved. Make the blood circulate and 
the pain will disappear. 



76 Developement of Mediumship 

Practise on one another in the class, 
and among your friends, by placing one 
hand on the forehead and the other on 
the back of the head and squeeze hard ; 
then the same on each side of the head 
two or three times. It will cure head- 
ache at once unless caused indirectly by 
some other ailment. You will be im- 
pressed how to treat. 

Never take a contagious or danger- 
ous case without first consulting a phy- 
sician. You should always use judg- 
ment. Never do anything in violation 
of the law. Live such a life every day 
that you can stand up and look every 
one in the face and tell him what you 
are, without cause for shame. 

We learned one of the greatest les- 
sons of our lives when we commenced 
to ride a bicycle. The way we would 



Spiritual Healing 77 

look, that was the way our hands would 
turn the handle, and we would run 
right into the object we were looking 
at. Just so with you. Whatever you 
have in your mind, you are thinking 
about, and looking at, and will run 
right into. 

Whether you are sick or well, that is 
the way you are looking, and that is 
what you are. Get "Perfect Health" in 
you and that has control of you, and 
that is just what you are. 



LESSON NO. 12 

HOW TO TREAT AT A DISTANCE WITH OR 

WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE 

PATIENT 

If the patient knows you are treating 
him, you and he should first make ar- 
rangements to sit at the same hour, at 
least once a day, and of tener if you can. 
You should be in a room alone while 
giving the treatment, and he should be 
alone while taking it. No one should 
disturb either of you. 

The best time for him to take his 
treatment is when he has retired. Just 
as soon as he lies down he should re- 
peat in a low tone, "Perfect Health, 
Perfect Health," and continue until he 



Treatments at a Distance 79 

gets tired; then rest; then repeat, and 
so continue for an hour. 

The patient should not fight to keep 
awake. When he goes to sleep, no one 
should disturb him. When he awakes 
in the morning he will feel better and 
will continue to improve, if instructions 
are followed, until he is well. At the 
same time he is saying "Perfect 
Health/' you should call the man by 
name. If his name be John L. Brown, 
then say: "John L. Brown, John L. 
Brown, John L. Brown, John L. Brown, 
210 East Main Street, Chicago, Illinois, 
you are getting well and strong." 

Keep repeating the same thing over 
and over for one hour. Let no other 
thought come to you, and you will be 
surprised at the result. 

If you are treating without the pa- 



80 Developement of Mediumship 

tient's knowledge, try to ascertain, 
through some one in the family, or 
through friends just at what time your 
patient retires, and at what time he lies 
down during the day to rest. 

Go into your room, and sit in an easy 
posture. Do not allow any one to dis- 
turb you. Commence to concentrate on 
the patient. Suppose the name is Miss 
Ella G. Brooks, say: "Miss Ella G. 
Brooks, Miss Ella G. Brooks, Miss Ella 
G. Brooks, Miss Ella G. Brooks, 110 
North 8th Street, Bangor, Maine. You 
are getting well and strong." 

Repeat the same throughout the hour. 
You can give her a treatment any hour 
in the day, but, when lying down, the 
body and mind are relaxed, passive, and 
more receptive to your treatment. Re- 
member there is nothing lost. The 



Treatments at a Distance 81 

thought you send out is alive and will 
stay around her until she does relax and 
then will make her feel just as you sug- 
gest to her. 

While anyone is up and walking 
around or about his work he is more 
positive, and harder to influence, than 
when he is thoroughly relaxed. Often 
you will get better and quicker results 
when the patient knows you are treat- 
ing him. He will do all he can, and be 
willing to say "Perfect Health," to help 
the treatment along. 

Get your mind and body right, then 
get good spirits and perfect health in 
you, and every breath from your body 
will be like the odor from a sweet rose. 
It will do good and cheer up those who 
catch it, and will cause them to do good 
also. 



82 Development of Mediumship 

We are like a light placed on a hill 
We are shining examples every day of 
our lives. Other people are watching 
us and following after us, catching the 
thoughts that we leave behind us, and 
doing the same things that we do, or 
are thinking of doing. 

No one can live for himself. We live 
for all. What did we know when we 
were born into this world? We even 
had to be fed. What are we? Just 
what we have been taught. What do 
we know? Only that which we have 
been taught to believe and think. We 
are either angels or devils, and we will 
tell you just where to go to find out what 
you are; not in your neighbor's house 
but in your own. It may be in your 
best room. 

Make up your mind what you want 



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to see first. Go and stand right in front 
of the mirror and look at yourself. 
There you will see either one or the 
other, angel or devil, face to face. If 
you are living, doing unto others as you 
wish them to do unto you, you are fac- 
ing an angel. If you are living a life 
in which you do not care for any one 
but yourself, robbing, lying, stealing or 
cheating, you are meeting the devil face 
to face. 

We are making angels or devils right 
here, by allowing ourselves to think 
such thoughts. We are either God or 
devil. It is our thoughts that make us 
what we are. 

Again, I want to call your attention 
to the power of thought, and the effect 
it has on the coming generations. Par- 
ents mark their unborn children by 



84 Development of Mediumship 

their thought, often causing them to be 
deformed and crippled for life. 

It is not God that punishes the child 
because Adam and Eve ate of the for- 
bidden fruit, neither is it heredity, but 
pre-natal influences. While the mother 
is in that condition, whatever she craves 
she should have. If she eats or drinks 
too much, the child will not want or 
crave for the same ; but whatever she 
craves and does not get, the child will 
crave the same as long as it lives. 

If persons crave liquor they do not 
have to get drunk, or be drunk all the 
time and blame their parents or some- 
one else, but should get control of their 
mind and thus overcome the craving for 
it. You have as much brains as any- 
one, if you will only use them. 

All who will follow these instruc- 






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tions will never be drunkards, or be ob- 
sessed or demented. Why? Because 
we shall have taught them how to keep 
their minds on "Good Spirits/' and 
"Perfect Health," while in the class or 
wherever they are. Their minds are not 
rambling everywhere, but are under 
perfect control. The mind is capable 
of understanding all secrets of nature, 
without making objective examination 
of them. This is the goal of the mind ; 
do not forget that. 



86 Development of Mediumship 
INSPIRATIONAL POEM 

SECRET THOUGHTS 

Told it true that thoughts are things, 
Endowed with bodies, breath and wings, 
4nd that we send them forth to fill 
The world with good results or ill. 

That which is called a secret thought 
May speed to earth's remotest part, 
And leave its blessings or its woes, 
Like tracks behind it as it goes. 

It's Nature's law — remember it, 
In your silent chamber as you sit, 
With thoughts you would not dare have 

known, 
And yet make them comrades when 

alone. 



Poem, "Secret Thoughts" 87 



These thoughts have life, and they will 

And leave their impress as they pass by 
Like some marsh breeze, whose poisoned 

breath 
Bears on its wave the sting of death. 

And after you have quite forgot, 

Or have outgrown some vanished 

thought, 
Back to your mind to seek its home, 
A dove or raven it will come. 

Then let the secret thoughts be fair, 

And thus create a healthful air, 

They have vital force and will take 

parts 
In building worlds and molding hearts. 

F. A. T. 



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